How many times have you said ‘your writing’s crap’ or shied away from calling yourself an author?

Take comfort in knowing your author fears are valid, other writers feel the same way you do but are not letting fear stop them from putting themselves out there.

We are all feeling the fear, but doing what we love anyway.

And you can too!

Since starting to write your novel, have you developed any of these author fears below?

Are you using them as reasons not to advance in your writing career?

This book touches upon how you might, in the moment, overcome these fears below:

Confidence Fears

Comparisonitis
Exposing Yourself
Your Life Will Change
Lacking Motivation
Feeling Like a Fraud
Inadequacy
Being Judged by Others
Looking Stupid
You Will Never Make it as an Author

Self Doubt

People Will Laugh at Me
People Will Talk About me
Becoming Overly Successful
Wasting time in an Unknown Future
Who cares About My Book
Who am I too Write a Book?

Genre Fears

Children’s Fiction
Historical Fiction
Horror
Memoir
Non Fiction
Romance

Craft Fears

Criticism
Defamation
My Book is too Short
Lack of Talent
Originality
Plagiarism
Being Rejected
Running out of Ideas
Self Publishing Snobbery

Mental Health in Writers

Anxiety
Depression

Physical Fears

Money
Unsupportive People
Responsibilities
Time

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